Dear Friend, Hurricane Katrina has left thousands of families homeless and in urgent need of assistance. Our field teams are being dispatched to check on Habitat families who live in the path of destruction.   We have never lost a Habitat home to a hurricane ... until now. We have all seen the images on television, and they are just heartbreaking. That's why today Habitat for Humanity is issuing an emergency appeal to help low-income families to recover and rebuild. Please support this unprecedented effort by making a donation right now. Your secure, online gift can be put into action immediately. While Hurricane Katrina's full impact won't be known for some time, this much is clear: Many families in the hardest hit areas were living in severe poverty even before Katrina hit. Too poor to afford insurance in many cases, these families have little chance of ever rebuilding without our help. We must all pull together to come to the aid of our fellow Americans in their time of urgent need. Please help by making an emergency gift today.